16 docs tagged with "leadership"

The authors of the book Extreme Ownership were once task unit leaders of US Navy SEAL in Iraq. They draw on their experiences in the battlefields and conclude five rules for successfully leading a Navy SEAL team, providing useful references for any organization.

Bezos believes that every day should be "Day 1"; without growth, there is death. So how do we prevent "Day 2"? There are four foundations: a true obsession with customers, resisting proxies, embracing external trends, and making fast decisions.

We engineers often boast about leadership without a clear definition of what we are saying. Here are the definitions to distill the clarity from those chaotic ramblings of the mass.

The two authors of the book "Extreme Ownership" served as task force commanders in the Navy SEALs. They combined their observations and experiences on the battlefield to summarize five principles for leading Navy SEALs: take responsibility for failures; understand the importance of the mission; collaborate with allies; clarify priorities; and identify and mitigate risks in advance.

Ordinary people have few opportunities to make decisions in life and work, and it is also difficult to practice and improve their decision-making skills. Most people's decisions rely on intuition, while rational decisions depend on processes. The book "Decisive" proposes a four-step process for rational decision-making — to increase the probability of making the best decision, we need to 1. broaden options, 2. test assumptions with facts, 3. step outside ourselves to see ourselves, and 4. prepare for wrong decisions.

The persuasive techniques used by the Greeks let you appear clever when speaking. Other schemes include figures of speech, twisting clichés, Yoda speaking, dialysis, antithesis, saying both yes and no and inventing new words.

People are more narcissistic than ever because of the increasingly tremendous benefits brought by fame via the mass media and the Internet. Pride focuses on superiority. However, humility is the self-confrontation of weakness, which is painful and takes effort.

Who does Xiaomi learn from? What is internet thinking? What is Xiaomi's management philosophy?

Early career focuses on continuous learning, gaining specialized expertise, and building foundational leadership skills, while late career shifts toward creating strategic impact, mentoring the next generation, and leaving a meaningful legacy that shapes industries, communities, or personal networks.

People don’t buy what you do. They buy why you do it. Simon Sinek coined a phrase ‘Golden Circle’ which has three tiers, from core to exterior - why, how, and what. However, average leaders think from what, how, to why.

People don't care about what you do; they care about why you do it. Simon Sinek introduced a Golden Circle that starts from the inside out: Why? How? What? Unfortunately, mediocre leaders typically think from the outside in.

To improve the chances of success in persuading decision-makers, the way of message delivering should be considered carefully. There are five decision-making categories and they should be treated with different strategies.

How to evaluate the performance of a technology leader? Each company or individual has its own answer with engineering rubrics. And those rubrics usually focus on a specific role - IC (Software Engineer, Product Manager, Designer) or Engineering Manager. Is there a grand unified framework to evaluate the potential business impact that a technology leader could make?

Exploring the deeper meaning of empathy, this article is based on Chapter 11 of David Brooks' 'How to Know a Person: The Art of Understanding Others and Being Understood.' It delves into humanity's pursuit of recognition, the impact of family relationships on personal defense mechanisms, and how to enhance interpersonal skills through empathy. It covers insights from the still-face experiment, the formation of defense mechanisms in childhood, and the three components of empathy: mirroring, mentalizing, and caring. Finally, practical methods to enhance empathy are provided to help readers understand and improve their emotional interactions.

What characteristics do good managers possess? Morality, benevolence, righteousness, propriety: The Dao represents truth, the laws governing the development of the world and humanity; virtue is about serving the people and creating products and services that the public enjoys efficiently; benevolence is empathy; righteousness is fairness and justice, rewarding good deeds and punishing wrongdoings; propriety involves adhering to rules and behaving in accordance with the needs of the community.

What insights did business leader Wang Xing provide us from 2012 to 2017?